Their Elemental Curse: Book 2

Chapter 31

*Celosia Robin Douglas's POV*:

My eyes widened.

F.E.MA officers were everywhere, all of them were fighting against soldiers in green camouflage wear. To the distance I saw the Sally port, destroyed. It put this hellhole in a vulnerable state, giving access to the inside.

Roars, shouts and gunshots filled the air around us. If not for the cold, crisp winter wind, the smell of gunpowder would've been stronger.

It reminded me of the revolt back at the extermination camp, five years ago.

The death, the shooting, the negative energy that filled the space. It was all too familiar.

I stood there like a statue, not even seeing the officers who led us out join in on the fighting . I couldn't move, speak or even think about anything but those terrible memories: doing harsh labor and fighting back in the same temperature I was in now.

"I see Danny!", Gaia shouted as she pointed to our far right, snapping me out of my thoughts.

Happiness filled my body as her words confirmed my suspicion. Shimizu came! He came with people from the shelter to save us. He figured out where we were just in time, the night before our execution.

Danny was hard to spot. Because it was dark out, I had to squint to see the area Gaia was pointing at. But lord and behold, there he was, hiding behind a bush.

"Why is he hiding?," I asked, offended that Danny would hide instead of helping Shimizu.

"Nevermind that! Come on!", Kimberly shouted as she ran towards him.

"Kimberly!" I shouted angrily at her impulsiveness.

I and Beval, while he grabbed onto Gaia's hand, made our move after her. We crunched down as we ran towards the bush, preventing unwanted attention as we ran around the hundreds of soldiers and officers fighting.

The closer we got to the bush, the more I could make out two more people. Little people.

"Danny!", Beval shouted, which startled him.

He got up and pointed a semi automatic at us.

"Whoa, whoa!", I pleaded as we froze in place with our hands up. "It's us! It's us!"

When Danny realized it was his beloved friends, he blew his breath in relief, letting his guard down. Near him was Hikari and Tyler, huddling together in fear.

"It's okay! It's okay! It's just us!", I crouched down to hug them. They hugged back tightly.

Kimberly, Gaia and Beval crouched down behind the bush. We could barely hear each other over the war that was behind us.

"Why are you guys wearing F.E.M.A uniforms?", Danny asked us before taking a look at Beval. "Jesus! What did they do to you?!"

"It's a long story. I was beaten badly for trying to fight the officers who were raiding our home shelter. They jumped me. Alex. Alex betrayed us," Beval explained sadly, taking Danny's hand off his face after he examined him.

"I'm aware. After he turned you in, he teleported back with the bag of money in his hand, but said nothing for two days. When you guys didn't show up for our plan to fly back to California, me and Shimizu were worried and searched everywhere for those two days and asked everyone if they knew where you were. That's when I had a voice in my head tell me to turn on the worldwide news channel. That's when we saw your faces, in hand cuffs, walking from our home shelter."

"You saw it live?", Kimberly asked.

"No. The news was from two days prior but was still a "hot topic" worldwide. There was only one way you could've got to California that quick. Alex. After some brief interrogation, he confessed to his crimes, him turning you in for millions of dollars, and even how he felt guilty and regretted it. He didn't confess earlier because he was afraid. That coward. He gave Shimizu the money though, but that wasn't enough. Shimizu gathered the soldiers up and Alex teleported them back willingly, including me, Hikari and Tyler, Sargent Thompson, Ashley and Trevor. I was commanded by Shimizu to hide with Hikari and Tyler to keep them safe."